The report looks at the strategic positioning of telecom
services operators and includes quarterly monitoring of markets and operators

Topics covered in this report include:
- Main Issues at Stake and Key Growth Factors
- Market Forecasts up to 2008
- Market Analysis by Country
- Company Profiles

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Bank of Consortium (MPF)
Principal B300 7.
This group of funds broadly captures the cash, bond and equity performance of
each MPF provider.

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3-Month Period Ending December 2004

MPF Provider Return
(%)
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4.4

The Mercer MPF Index is a composite index of the following common funds
offered by most providers: capital preservation, capital stable and balanced.

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This report looks at the challenges and key trends in this market, which
include:
- market and technological trends; the state of international regulation
- telcos positioning and strategies, ranking the worlds top 50 telecom
groups

Market dynamics up to 2008 are analysed:
- by sector: fixed telephony, data, Internet and broadband
- by geographic zone: North America, Western Europe , Asia-Pacific,
Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa/the Middle East

The top 50 telecom group strategies are explored and broken down into:
- strategic profile , recent events, international development, financial
results, operational data

Quarterly updates are also provided which include:
- summary report of the overriding trends each quarter
- updated market data and forecasts
- monitoring of the leading carriers

In addition this report provides detailed analysis of markets and
operators strategies . Bank of East Asia 7.

Micronations in Asia.

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4. Dresdner RCM 6. INVESCO 7.
The next Mercer MPF Index results for periods ending March 2005 will be
released in May 2005.

For more information on MPF Index or other MPF-related issues, please
contact:

Doris Ho
Tel: +852-2506-1288
Email: MPFMonitor@mercer.

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MERCER MPF INDEX - Top Five Performers

Principal B300 6.9
2. The three composite funds are equal-weighted.